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Puck Daddy ranks defensemen _ No Stars

It wasn’t really much of a surprise, but no Dallas players were mentioned in the top 25 defensemen when Puck Daddy came out with its list today.

The Stars’ defense is seen as a weak spot _ or, at the very least, lacking a top-end talent.

Since this is about expectations for next season, you could have included Alex Goligoski. In his 23 games with the Stars, he had five goals and 10 assists for 15 points. Taken out over a full 82 games, that would have been 17 goals and 35 assists for 52 points. That would have put him in the top 10 in scoring.

Also, the 26:04 he averaged in time on ice in Dallas would have ranked third among defensemen.

Here’s the list. Writer Sam McCaig picked Zdeno Chara first, and there’s probably not much argument on that right now.